Glove.



l PATENTBD MAY 3, 1904.

W. LEFI.

GLOVE.

APPLIOATION FILED PEB. 1a, laos.

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Patented May e, 19941 NiTED STATES PATENT OEEICE.`

WILLIAM LEFI, OF GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK.

GLOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,117, dated May 3,1904. Application liled February 18, 1903. Serial No. 143,956. (Nomodali) To (i1/ZZ whom, z5 may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Lari, a citizen l of the United States, anda resident of Gloversville, in the county of Fulton and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gloves, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to kid gloves having outside seams; and its objectis to provide certain new and useful improvements in gloves, and moreparticularly at the joint of the thumb and body portions, whereby a verystrong, durable, and well-litting glove is produced and the strainincident to putting on the glove or when carrying packages or umbrellas,holding reins, Sac., is more on the leather instead of on one portion ofthe seam joining the thumb to the body portion.

lhe invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointedout in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding' parts in all theviews.

Figure l is a plan View of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a cross-section ofthe same on the line 22 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an enlarged face View ofpart of the blank for the hand and finger portions, and Fig. 4. is alike view of the blank for the thumb.

' lhe blank which is formed into the body Vwhilethe front edges B4 andB5 of the flap extend inward from the side edges B2 and B3 to terminatein a corner B, thus giving the front edge of the flap B a V-shapedappearance.

The thumb D has a closingseam D, and its base is provided with flaps D2and D3, joined at their inner edges D4 and Dto the side edges B2 and B3,respectively. Edges D and D7, extending from the flaps D2 and D3 upwardly to the closing-seam D', are joined to the front edges B4 and B5 of theliap B, so that the flap B fits the portionof the hand between the thumband the forelinger, it being understood that by the arrangementdescribed the seams between the flaps B, D2, and D3 are on oppositesides of the saidH connecting portion, while the corner BG of the flap Bjoins the seam D at the inner end thereof, as plainly indicated in Figs.l and 2.

Now by the arrangement described the livecornered saddle-Hap B snuglytits onto the corresponding portion of the hand to insure well fitting'of the glove, and when the glove is put on and the wearer presses on theflap B to draw the thumb D into proper position then the strain incidentthereto is on the leather of the flap, and hence the glove is not liableto tear at the seam connecting' the thumb-piece with the body portion.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be noticed that the seams extending fromthe junction of the apex BG with the lower end of the seam D' extend indiverging undulating lines to the base-seam of the thumb, and hence thefiap B tends to fit nicely and any inward strain on the liap is evenlydistributed on the said seams and does not come on any single point, andhence the seam is not liable to break or tear.

By the arrangement described the seam connecting the thumb with the bodyportion does not extend beyond the base part of the thumb of the wearer,and hence when the hand is closed when carrying packages, um brellas, orthe like or on holding reins in driving such seam is not doubled up anddoes not come in contact with the part held, thus causing the wearer nodiscomfort. Furthermore, as the seam is below the bend inclosing thehand the seam is not doubled up, and hence is not liable to be injuredand insures longer life of the glove.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A glove having a body portion provided with anopening for the thumb, a saddle-flap IOO integral on the bodyportion atthe forward end of the opening, the said lia-p having side edgesextending' outwardly in opposite direetions. and front edges extendinginward from the side edges and meeting at an angle thereby forming aV-shaped front edge, and a thumb having a elosingseam and secured at itsbase to the body portion along the wall of the opening, the thumb beingprovided at its base with iaps secured at their inner edges to the sideedges of the saddle-Hap, the thumb also having edges extending from theiaps to the closing-seam and seeured to the said front edges of thesaddle-flap, as set forth.

2. A glove having' a body portion provided with a pentagonal saddle forthe hollow between the thumb and forefing'er, and a thumb joined 'at itsbase part to the body portion, the base of the thumb being'provided--with iaps connected with 'the edges of the said pentagonalsaddle, as set forth.

3. A glove having a body portion formed with a thumb-opening, and asaddle-flap integrally 'connected with the forward end of the wall ofthe thumb-opening, the said flap having curved side edges extendingoutward in opposite directions from the junction of the Hap with thebody, and straight front edges extending' inward from the side edges andmeeting at an angle, and a thumb joined to the body portion and itssaddle-Hap, as set forth.

4. A glove having a body portion provided with a thumb-opening, asaddle-Hap integral with the body at the said opening' and havingoutwardly extending side edges and a V- shaped front edge, and a thumbhaving a closing-seam and joined to the body portion and saddle-Hap, theapex of the front edge of the flap being at the lower or inner end ofthe thumb-Closing seam, the seams connecting the thumb with thesaddle-Hap extending in diverging undulatingflines from the said apex ofthe iap to the base-seam of the thumb, as set forth. l

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speCiiea-tion in thepresence of two subseribing witnesses.

WILLIAM LEFI.

Vitnesses:

THEO. G. Hosrnn, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL.

